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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good book in the SEALS series, but., 16 May 2008
.....the characters were not as likeable as in the previous books in the series. In Dangerous Games, Kell had a heart, as did Reno in his tale, and even Clint in his. Yes, there's loads of hot sex, but there's almost an angsty feeling as Ian tries to keep Kira at a distance, to a degree that it seemed as if 'why?' needed to be asked. They are both professionals, both know the risks of loving each other, but for goodness sake, they needed to learn how to trust each other - professionally and both personally i.e. to know that each would not deliberately put themselves at risk. Towards the end, I was getting fed up with the start/stop relationship, but was cheered up to learn that Nathan Malone's story in Wild Card, due out in the next couple of months, appears to be the first in a new series connected to this one. I'm not sure why this book will not be a SEALs one, but bring it on. Overall, I did enjoy this book, but it was a bit 'whiny'.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not up Lora Leigh's usual high standard, but not so bad either, 5 Aug 2008
Lora Leigh is one of the few authors that can combine intense emotion with explicit sex scenes that even go into taboo areas that most romance authors won't touch. I like a lot of her books, but some of them can be plain silly with the object just being a lot of sex and others can be simply wonderful. Check out her Breeds series for some wonderful books. You can google her website for lots more information.
Killer Secrets is another in her Seals series, which started off with some pretty hot, steamy and intense stories. Sadly, this book is just not as good as her previous offerings.
Ian is a SEAL. He is not a traitor to his team or his country. But, his latest mission means that he must appear as both. His character is powerful, dark in some ways and very fierce. All the ingredients for your typical alpha hero, but it just didn't come together in a satisfactory way in this book.
The heroine, Kira, is contract agent for the CIA, and other 'good guy' agencies. She's dangerous, worldly, beautiful and deadly. However, again, her character just didn't fill out and lacked depth.
Hence, the relationship in this book lacked intensity and connection. Hot and sexy scenes could not save this book from the three star rating given. The characters' behaviour did not match the plot, which was irritating. A previous reviewer also mentioned the very poor editing and obvious spelling mistakes that were embarrassing.
Not a complete waste of time, but not the satisfying experience one would expect from Lora Leigh.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your time!, 24 Jul 2008
You know things are bad when you start noticing all the editing mistakes within the first chapter of a book, and this book was littered with irritating instances of double word useage within the same sentence, and contradictory statements within pages of one another. Even the sex scenes were too same-y after awhile - not to mention the sheer silliness of some of the times the characters chose to have sex, considering the "dangerous" characters and situations surrounding them. I don't know why I bothered to keep reading until the end, as there were several times I was tempted to just throw the book in a corner - I guess there was always the hope that it might improve. It didn't. Even the "heroine", who was supposed to be some incredible under-cover agent, more than capable of looking after herself, faints when her wrist is broken. Don't waste your time or money on this one.
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